Editorials

After two decades of waiting for indigenous supply, the shameful pricing row that heralded the rollout of petrol from Dangote Refinery mirrors the same malaise behind Nigeria’s inability to distil …

Reported surge in medical errors and negligence, which has been impacting badly on the health and wellbeing of Nigerians, is hardlysurprising, considering the series of woes regularly afflicting that critical …

The revelation by personnel of the Joint Border Patrol Team, that their two-and-a-half years’ Duty Travel Allowances (DTA), for accommodation and feeding have not been paid, is, to say the …

THE multidimensional status of Lagos as a miniature Nigeria, the commercial nerve centre of the country and the fifth largest economy in Africa is being blighted by incidents of brazen …

IT is sobering that many graduates cannot find a job. The National Bureau of Statistics says: “The unemployment rate for Q1 2024 was 5.3 per cent, showing an increase from …

In a poverty-inducing economy crying for government intervention in many areas, calls are expectedly rife for the government to cut governing costs. The post Part-time legislature will only work with …

NIGERIA is looking for favours again. During the recently concluded 79th UN General Assembly in New York, President Bola Tinubu asked the UN and developed world leaders to prioritise debt …

AFTER 10 years in the works, the launch of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals was almost dreamlike. The refinery is a breath of fresh air in Nigeria’s petroleum sector blighted …

The appointment of over 300 political aides in one fell swoop by a state governor should, justifiably, be considered bizarre and needless; more so in the light of the popular …

THE protest of multiple levies initiated by minibus drivers against the transport union executives in Ogun State on September 22 echoes a strong note against the power wielded by non-state …